by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2011
Tags: coal, construction, county government, electricity, energy, law enforcement, power plants, state government, transportation, travel, utilities
KEMPER COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is informing motorists of the upcoming transport of extremely large loads to Kemper County for the construction of Mississippi Power’s new power plant. Beginning tomorrow night, there will be two transport vehicles moving extremely large loads from Big Bee Valley along Highway 388 to U.S. 45, [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Once Mississippi Power Co.’s generating plant in Kemper County comes online, it will be supported by a large — and eventually, the largest — coal mining operation in the state. Mississippi Power president/CEO Ed Day says there is enough lignite coal in East Mississippi to keep the plant running for decades. Liberty [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president/CEO Ed Day says construction of a coal-fired electricity plant in Kemper County is on schedule. In an interview with The Associated Press, Day said yesterday that he expects Kemper County and Central Mississippi to see expanded economic benefits from the plant’s construction and operation. Mississippi Power has two [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. is investing some $3 billion in projects aimed at balancing its energy-source mix, a strategy that president and CEO Ed Day said promises to stabilize prices in the long term and attract new industry to the area. “Thirty percent of the market for coal is the U.S., and we’re not [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Mississippi Power Co. president and CEO Ed Day says construction of the company’s Kemper County power plant is on schedule and on budget. Last year, the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the company’s proposal for the project and in December, ground was broken on the large coal-gasification plant. The cost of the [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. The settlement will require TVA to invest a TVA estimated $3 to $5 billion on new and upgraded state-of-the-art [...] [...]
KEMPER COUNTY — Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Department of Energy’s investment in Mississippi Power’s proposed Kemper County coal plant without proper environmental review. The Sierra Club is suing the DOE for investing in “risky technology that is inconsistent with the Obama Administration’s stated commitment to invest in clean [...] [...]
GULFPORT — A Harrison County judge has heard arguments from environmental groups opposed to construction of power plant in Kemper County by Mississippi Power Company. Chancery Judge Jim Persons heard from both sides yesterday during a hearing in Gulfport. The 582-megawatt plant is being built between Mississippi 493 and Mississippi 495 near the Liberty community. [...] [...]
See related Mississippi Business Blog post by reporter Amy McCullough. JACKSON COUNTY — Mississippi Power Company has told state utility regulators that it expects customers’ bills to rise 3.5 percent over five years as it works to bring Plant Daniel in Jackson County up to new environmental rules. The Mississippi Press reports that Gulfport-based Mississippi [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — South Mississippi Electric Power Association is suing Norfolk Southern Railway Company for millions of dollars, claiming the railroad uses a monopoly over coal deliveries to inflate costs. Hattiesburg-based SMEPA said Norfolk Southern is the only railroad company that delivers coal from the Appalachians to Plant Morrow, the utility’s main electricity generating station located [...] [...]
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